Equipment or attachment to expedite handling of cards in large lots for inspection of same



Dec. 23, 1930.

D. W. B. KURTZ, JR

EQUIPMENT 0R ATTACHMENT TO EXPEDITE HANDLING OF CARDS IN LARGE LOTS FOR INSPECTION OF SAME Filed June 15, 1928 gwumto o 4/ Dafiz'el mlilturggb: y @MWFWWZMWGMy Patented Dec. 23, 1930 DANIEL W. B. KURTZ, JR,

PATENT OFFICE OF COLUMBIA, MISSOURI EQUIPMENT OR ATTACHMENT T EXPEDITE HANDLING OF CARDS IN LARGE LOTS FOR INSPECTION OF SAME Application filed June 15,

The present invention is in the nature of a new and specially devised equipment or attachment to be used for expediting the handling of cards of various sizes, and particularly large cards, when inspecting them in varying sized lots or bundles. In particular, the invention is of the nature of a board or plate with an upper or working surface novelly constructed for retaining the said cards in position while being inspected, and which board or plate is intended to be used in connection with a box, somewhat as a false bottom to it, in which box and upon which board, or plate, when in position in the box, 16 the cards are stood on edge ready for inspection. I

The particular purpose of the invention is to prevent cards, or sheets, of paper, from piling up, when standing on edge and being inspected in lots of varying sizes, the nspected cards from upon those yet to be mspected; and to facilitate the turning of the cards, after being inspected, from in front of the cards yet remaining to be inspected.

The invention consists of a single piece of material of rectangular shape and comparatively thin, according to the stiffness or rigidity of the material from which it is made. Its dimensions are intended to be varied according to the size of the cards which are to be inspected by its use.

The box I have made reference to is constructed in this manner. It is made of wood,

' and has a bottom, two sides a front and a back-one for supporting the cards within the box while some are being inspectedand a third side or side board along the side for retaining the sides of the box in their inclined positions.

One sheet of drawings accompanies this specification as part thereof in which like reference characters indicate like parts throughout. Figure 1 is a plan view of the attachment. 4 Figure 2 is a side elevation of the attachment.

' Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical cross section through a card-handling box embody- 'ing the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates 1928. Serial No. 285,754.

the base of a well-known type of card-handling box, which supports inclined walls 2-3, which walls are secured in position upon ]the base by angular blocks 4 and a side mem- The improved attachment constitutes a rectangular false bottom 6 which is of a width greater than the length of the base 1 between inclined walls 2-3. The member 6 is provided with a substantially centrally located strip of corrugations 8 adapted to receive and engage the bottom edges of the cards, the individual corrugations 7 being raised above the general plane of the upper surface of the member 6. These corrugations 7 are preferably constructed to extend at an acute angle to the face of the member 6 to facilitate withdrawal of cards therefrom. The ends of these corrugations are also preferably beveled as illustrated in Figure 1, by means of which beveling, it is possible to tilt very slightly a bundle of cards transversely and thus readily disengage all of the cards from the corrugations. On either side of the corrugated area 8 are plane polished surfaces 9 and 10 the plane surface 9 adapted to be positioned on the side of the box toward the side wall 5, being preferably slightly wider than the uncorrugated part 10, so as to leave a space for the operators fingers between the side wall 5 and the cards, and still have the cards positioned symmetrically with respect to the corrugated part 8.

The side edges of the member 6 are beveled downwardly and inwardly as at 11, so that the member 6 can be positioned as illustrated in Figure 2, with one side edge engaging the junction of the front inclined wall of the box with the base and the other beveled edge of member 6 frictionally engagin the rear inclined wall 3, so that the mem er 6 is positioned at an angle with respect to the base 1 of the box inclining upwardly and rearwardly from the junction of the front inclined wall 1 of the box 2 with the base.

The adaptability of my invention to the use of this equipment, or box, is as follows: It is placed within the box as though a false bot- "tom, would be placed therein, and it is then ready for immediate use. It is placed withward its upper surface therefore is given a 'pitch to the bottom of the box. The back or upper edge of the invented article is supported by the front surface of the rear supporting board and at a position somewhat higher than its front or lower edge which is intended to be fitted into the angle formed by the union of the front supporting board withthe bottom board of the box. Because of this higher position of its rear edge the article is given a pitch upward from bottom of the box of about 15. This angle, however, need not be gaged to any special degree of accuracy and may vary a few degrees from that given because the working surface of the invention is eflicient at any angle around 10 to 20. The rear edge of the invention being sharply beveled takes a good grip on the said front surface of the rear supporting board when the article is in position and pressed downward against that surface. This gripping prevents the article from slipping upward along that surface when the weight of a bundle of the cards is placed upon the article while in the box. This edge of the article as well as the opposite or lower edge, is beveled sharply and is left with the ordinary roughness of the material from which the article is made, or, if preferred, the upper edge can be made saw toothed as a further preventive of slipping.

It will be further noted that with applicants attachment, the capacity of a card handling box of this type is materially increased without modifying the size or proportions of the box.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim:

1. An attachment for card-handling boxes comprising ,a rectan ular plate wider than the front-to-rear dept of the box with which it is to be used and having a centrally located area of transverse corrugations.

2. The structure of claim 1 with its end beveled downwardly and inwardly.

3.In combination with a card-handling,

box'of trough-like formation, a false bottom of substantially rectangular shape, longer than the bottom of the box from front to rear, means on said false bottom for engaging the bottom edges of cards placed thereon;

4. In combination with a card-handling,

box of trough-like formation, a false bottom longer than the bottom of the box from front to rear, transverse corrugations on the upper face of the false bottom, the ends of said false bottom being beveled downwardly and inwardly.

5. A card-handling box comprising front and rear walls disposed at .an angle, a base connecting said walls and a bottom inclined with respect to the base upwardly from the front wall to the rear wall, said bottom provided with transverse corrugations to engage the bottom edges of cards placed in the box.

6. In combination with a card-handling box of trough-like formation, a false bottom of substantially rectangular shape, longer than the bottom of the box from front to rear, transverse ribs on the false bottom arranged parallel to each other and at an acute angle to the face of the false bottom and above same, said ribs positioned centrally of the false bottom and having their ends beveled and the face of the false bottom on each side of said ribs polished.

In testimony hereof that I claim the inven tion above set forth I hereto aflix my signature.

DANIEL W. B. KURTZ, JR. 

